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Halloween Countdown
See how many days, hours, minutes and seconds — and how many sleeps — are left until Halloween on October 31, counted in your own time zone.
Halloween
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Halloween fun fact
Halloween grew out of Samhain, a Gaelic festival held on 31 October–1 November in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man to mark the end of the harvest and the start of winter.
Source: Wikipedia: Samhain
What day is Halloween?
- Halloween 2026Saturday, October 31
- Halloween 2027Sunday, October 31
- Halloween 2028Tuesday, October 31
- Halloween 2029Wednesday, October 31
- Halloween 2030Thursday, October 31
- Halloween 2031Friday, October 31
- Halloween 2032Sunday, October 31
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Frequently asked questions
How many days until Halloween?
The countdown at the top of this page shows the exact figure live. It counts to midnight at the start of October 31 in your device’s time zone, so the days figure is whole days left and the hours, minutes and seconds are what remains after that. At midnight on October 30 it reads exactly 1 day, 00:00:00.
What day of the week is Halloween this year?
Halloween is always October 31. In 2026 it falls on a Saturday, in 2027 on a Sunday, in 2028 on a Tuesday and in 2029 on a Wednesday. The What day is Halloween? list below the countdown shows the weekday for the next seven years.
What does the countdown show on Halloween itself?
From midnight on October 31 the page shows a Happy Halloween message instead of zeros, all day long. At midnight on November 1 it rolls over and starts counting down to next year’s Halloween, so you can leave it open or bookmark it.
Can I stop the bats and fog moving?
Yes. Press Animation (or A in full screen) to freeze the scene. If your device is set to reduce motion, the scene is shown still automatically and the button stays off. The countdown numbers keep ticking either way.
Where do the fun facts come from?
Each fact was checked against the source linked under it — encyclopedia articles on Samhain, Halloween, jack-o’-lanterns, trick-or-treating, pumpkins, candy corn, bats and Harry Houdini, and the National Retail Federation’s Halloween research. A different fact is shown each day, and Next fact steps through all 14.
Does daylight saving time throw the countdown off?
No. The countdown follows the wall clock in your time zone rather than a fixed number of hours, so it lands on midnight exactly. In most of Europe clocks go back on the last Sunday of October — October 25 in 2026 — and in the US on the first Sunday of November; on the night of a change, the hours figure jumps by an hour at the same moment your clock does.
About this tool
This Halloween countdown answers the question every autumn brings: how many days until Halloween? It shows a live clock of the days, hours, minutes and seconds left until midnight on October 31, the number of sleeps to go, and the same gap in weeks and days. The date it counts to is written underneath with its weekday — Halloween 2026 is on a Saturday.
The countdown sits in a spooky scene drawn just for this page: a full moon with a soft halo over dark hills, a bare tree, gravestones, drifting fog and bats that flap across the sky. Full screen turns it into a large display for a party, a classroom board or a shop window. The animation stops at the press of a button, and it never runs when your system asks for reduced motion.
Below the countdown there is a Halloween fun fact, a different one each day, from where the name Halloween comes from to the turnip lanterns that came before pumpkins and the first time “tricks or treats” appeared in print. Every fact links to the source it was checked against. A short list shows which weekday October 31 falls on for the next seven years, handy for planning parties and trick-or-treat nights.
Everything is calculated in your browser from your own clock and time zone; nothing is sent to a server. The countdown follows local wall-clock time, so it stays in step through daylight-saving changes, shows a greeting on the day itself, and rolls on to next year’s Halloween the moment the day is over.